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Disclaimer: Exam retirements are subject to change without notice. Please go to the Official Microsoft Retired exams list to confirm or deny a specific test’s retirement date, as it may have changed since this post was originally published. Click our blog’s Certification Paths category to find the latest posts by date on this topic. Test takers, take note: Windows 8 and […]Read More

As reported by Stanford Journalism, the demand for infosec jobs is likely to rise 53 percent through 2018. Earning a cybersecurity certification can help qualify you for those jobs. In response to the growing demand, Transcender has added a top infosec vendor to our security exam lineup: Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC). GIAC is an OS-neutral organization […]Read More

Are you passionate about professional development? We are too! Troy McMillan has prepared an informative FREE webinar to discuss common barriers to professional development, and strategies for finding the right path. This webinar is suitable for both managers and team members. Managers can find out how to best encourage their team to gain new skills by […]Read More

Cisco has officially retired the old CCNA exams (100-101 and 200-101, or the combined 220-120), so the opportunity to take the ICNDv2 has come and gone. The new path to Cisco’s flagship certification is the ICNDv3 path. As of October 2016, you need to pass one of these combinations to earn the CCNA Routing and Switching […]Read More

Microsoft made a worldwide adjustment in the price of their MCP and certification exams for non-academic titles. The increased prices went into effect on July 18, 2106. The pricing change does NOT affect pre-paid vouchers from Transcender or vouchers purchased from Pearson VUE, Courseware Marketplace, or through academic Volume Licensing. You can continue to use […]Read More

What do you think when you hear “social media hack?” The top of everyone’s nightmare list is having an attacker take control of your Facebook account and impersonate you online, expose private information, or steal your data – or your money. This kind of hack gets the most news, and it’s potentially the most dangerous attack. The results can […]Read More

Microsoft recently announced an incentive for IT pros working toward their MCSA in Windows Server 2012 or their MCSA in SQL Server 2012/2014: finish your certification by June 30, 2016, and earn a free voucher for the 2016 upgrade exam. Upgrade path forWindows Server 2016 The MCSA in Windows Server 2012requires three exams: 70-410: Installing […]Read More

Welcome back to my series of posts on the new A+ exam. Did you think I was NEVER going to finish this blog series? Me too! But I have been really snowed in working on some new products that I think will really please our customers. One of those is a practice test for (ISC)2’s […]Read More

Have you been studying for the A+at a leisurely pace, figuring there’s plenty of time to knock it out? Did you passthe 220-801, only to waitfor the righttime to take the 220-802? If so, time is no longer on your side. The 800 version of CompTIA’s flagship certification exam will retire in just under two […]Read More

It was predicted latelast year that2016 would the year for ransomware. Thus far, the prediction is proving right;only four months in to 2016, the Locky ransomware has managed to spread itself over 114 countries(displaying itsdemandsindazzling array of 24 languages). The Hollywood PresbyterianMedical Center paid $17,000 in bitcoins after having their computer systems seized in February […]Read More

Are you a Windows 8 MCSA? If you are, and you earned yourMCSA: Windows 8 certification between February 15, 2015, and May 31, 2015, you can take Exam 70-697: Configuring Windows Devicesfor free. Doing so will earn you the MCSA: Windows 10 certification. To take advantage of this offer, you MUST sign up using the […]Read More

Welcome back to my series of posts on the new A+ exam.The old 220-801 and 220-802 exams are still available, but theywill retire onJune 30, 2016 in the United States.CompTIA has released a new version of the A+ certificationbyrolling out the 220-901 and 220-902 exams on December 15, 2015. In my firstpost, I went over […]Read More

So, you’ve spent months studying for the latest certification. You’re ready to schedule the exam and proudly showcaseyour new knowledge and skills. Until recently, your only option was to takethe exam at an approved testing center. [Editor’s note: the following opinion does not represent the corporate viewpoint of Kaplan, Transcender, Graham Holdings, or any sane […]Read More

Welcome back to my series of posts on the new A+ exam.The old 220-801 and 220-802 exams are still available, but theywill retire onJune 30, 2016 in the United States.CompTIA has released a new version of the A+ certificationbyrolling out the 220-901 and 220-902 exams on December 15, 2015. In my firstpost, I went over […]Read More

As Iexplained in my last post,CompTIA has released a new version of the A+ certificationbyrolling out the 220-901 and 220-902 exams on December 15, 2015. The old 220-801 and 220-802 exams are still available, but theywill retire onJune 30, 2016 in the United States. In this post, I will cover the first two objectives for […]Read More